Captain Francis Orlando Henry
Bridgeman
1819-1895
P1821 Light Cavalry Saber
Bridgeman was the eldest son of
Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman, the third son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of
Bradford. After being educated at the Harrow School, he purchased an ensign’s
commission in the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) on the 28th
of October, 1836. Bridgeman purchased a lieutenancy in that regiment in 1839. During
this period, the regiment was posted to Gibraltar in 1837 and the West Indies
in 1839. Bridgeman secured a captaincy by purchase in the 45th (Nottinghamshire)
Regiment of Foot on the 30th of September, 1842. He exchanged into the 10th
(The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) as a
captain on the 29th of September, 1843. Bridgeman then retired from the
regiment in December of 1844.
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